Door-hanger.



c. 0. MASON.

DOOR HANGER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5, 1914.

1,100,438, Patented June 16, 1914.

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C. O. MASON.

DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED MMM. 1914.

Patented June 16, 1914.

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CHARLES 0. MASON, F TE'XI-IOMA, TEXAS.

DOOReI-IANGER.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 16, 1914.

Application led March 5, 1914. Serial No. 822,555.

To all fio/wm t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES O. MASON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Texhoma, in the county of Sherman and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in door hangers, which, while capable of use in any situation where it would perform its functions in a proper manner, is particulai-ly designed for use as a car door hanger.

One object of my invention is the provision of a hanger which will insure the door traveling always with ease upon its tracks or guides and which can be readily moved back and forth without much effort or exertion.

Another obj ect of my invention is the provision of a car door hanger which will provide means for moving the door in the opening or closing of the car opening and which will be 0f simple, durable, inexpensive and thoroughly cflicient construction.

iVith these objects in view, my invention consists of a car door hanger embodying` novel features of construction and combination of parts, substantially as disclosed herein.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a portion of a car provided with my improvements, the door being shown in closed and locked position. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the novel construction of bailshaped hand lever employed in my invention. Fig. 3 represents a sectional view taken on th-e line 8-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 represents a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 represents a sectional view on the line 6 6 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 6 represents a detail view on the line 6--6 of Fig. 5.

Referring by numeral to the drawings, in which similar characters of reference are used to denote corresponding parts in all the views of the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the side of the car, provided with the door-opening 2, and above said opening with the rail or sill 3, to which is attached the vertical strip 4, providing the upper guide or track 5, and below the door opening having the sill 6, to which is secured the vertical strip 7, providing the lower guide or track, and moving and guided in said upper and lower tracks is the door 8, limited in its movement by the vertical sills or rails 9, one carrying the keeper 10, with which engages the hasp fastener 11. From this construction it will be observed that the door is fitted to travel back and forth in opening and closing the usual door opening of the car, and upon the face of the door near its upper end is secured the pair of brackets 12, provided with ears 13, to which is pivoted at 14 the arms of the bail-shaped lever 15, said lever having its lower end cifset at'16, to provide a handle for operating said lever, and connected with said handle and the door is the coil spring 17, which acts to move or hold the handle of the lever inward and its upper angular ends 18, carrying the guide rollers 19, outward to cause said rollers to always travel properly within the upper guide or track 5 against the guide strip 4. Then the lower oilset end or handle is grasped and drawn outward, the guide rollers are moved away 'from the guide strip 4, which lightens the draft of the door and permits it to b-e moved with great ease and very little eHort.

To the lower portion of the door is connected the brackets 20, which are formed with or carry the strip which at its center is formed with an arm 21 secured to the door, the whole providing a lower open structure in which is mounted the open frame 22, in which by means of the axles or studs 28, is journaled the pair of wheels 24, which at all times travel upon the lower vertical guide strip 7. The studs or axles 23 pass through the strip 20 and the open frame 22, into the car door, as shown at 25, and the wheels rotate freely upon said studs or axles 23, and the open frame 22, has a sliding movement upon said studs or axles.

Pivoted in the brackets 20, intermediate of their ends, at 26, is the pair of levers 27, whose upper ends 28, are formed with bends having openings 29 to receive the arms of the bail-shaped lever 15, while the lower end 30, of said levers 27, as most clearly shown in Fig. 5, is received in the ends of the open frame 22, which has mounted therein the wheels 24.

It will be noted that when the door is closed and locked the opening is covered and when necessary to unlock and move the door to uncover the opening, the lower or handle portion of the bail-shaped lever 15 is grasped and drawn outward, this action moving the upper guide rollers and the lower door-supporting rollers in their frame, which enables the door to be opened or closed with very little effort, the said lever l5, serving as a handle for the ready opening or closing of the door. It will also be noted that the lever through its connections causes the door to travel with ease within its tracks, and also serves to take up wear and accommodate the parts to their desired service. It will also be apparent that the door is hung to travel back and 'forth with very little friction, also that the improvements are simple, strong and durable and will add little to the cost and generally in every particular will prove thoroughly eficient and practical.

I claim:

l. In a car door, the combination with the car having the opening, the guides and the door adapted to travel in the upper guide, a lever hinged to the door and carrying at one end rollers adapted to travel in the upper guide, a frame carrying supporting rollers engaging the lower guide movably carried by the lower end of the door, and connections between said frame and lever for moving the door with reference to the frame.

2. In a car door, the combination with the upper and lower door guides, the door adapted to travel in the upper guide, the lever fulcrumed to the door and carrying rollers at its upper end traveling in the upper guide, the support secured to the lower end of the door, the open frame mounted in the door and support, the supporting rollers carried in the open frame and engaging the lower guide, and connections between the lever and open frame for moving the parts 1n unison.

3. In a ear door, the combination with the upper and lower guides, the door adapted to travel in the upper guide, the bail-shaped lever fulcrumed to the door, the guide rollers mounted on the upper ends of said lever and engaging the upper guide, the levers having their upper end connected to said bail-shaped lever, the support at the lower end of the door, the open frame in said support, said pair of levers having their lower ends engaging said open frame, the supporting wheels mounted in the open frame and traveling on the lower guide, and the spring connected to the lower end of the bail-shaped lever and the door.

In testimony whereof I aiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES O. MASON. Witnesses:

J. L. IVILLIAMS, E. E. CooNs.

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